Panaji, September 24, 2018 ….The statement of market price of important essential commodities  in Panaji Centre as intimated by the Registrar of Co-operative societies for the week ending August 21, 2018 is as follows.

In wholesale, the prices of raw rice common, wheat Shivri, moongdal, moong and potatoes decreased by Rs. 80/- to Rs. 200/-, Rs. 50/- Rs. 200/- to Rs. 300/-, Rs. 200/- and Rs. 200/- to Rs. 600/- per quintal respectively. Maida and chillies green increased by Rs. 10/- to Rs. 160/- and Rs. 1,000/- to Rs. 2,000/- per quintal respectively.

The prices of other important essential commodities like parboiled rice outside, wheat Khandva, turdal Barshi, gramdal, gram Kabuli big, sugar S-30, gur fine, sunflower oil, coconut oil, vegetables ghee “Ruchi”, rawa, green peas onions, tomatoes, eggs large and banana (Vassai) remained steady during the week.

In retail, the prices of eggs large decreased by Rs. 2/- to Rs. 10/- per dozen. Rawa, green peas and chillies green increased by Rs. 2/- to Rs. 4/-, Rs. 10/- and Rs. 10/- to Rs. 20/- per kilo respectively during the week.

The prices of other important essential commodities like parboiled rice local, parboiled rice outside, raw rice common, wheat Khandva, wheat Shivri, jowar Shalu, turdal Barshi, moongdal, gramdal, moong, gram Kabuli big, sugar S-30, gur fine, sunflower oil, coconut oil, vegetable ghee “Dalda”, maida, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and banana (Vassai) remained steady during the week.

 The decreased and increased in wholesale and retail prices were due to decrease and increase in wholesale prices in supplying markets.

 The supply position of important essential commodities were normal during the week, except that of parboiled rice local and jowar Shalu the arrival of which was not noticed during the week.

Panaji, September 23, 2018 …. The Goa Government participates in a nationwide Sanitation Campaign, Swachhata Hi Seva ‘SHS’ 2018 from September 15, 2018 to October 2, 2018 which aims at accelerating the Jan Andolan for realizing the vision of a clean India, further reinforcing the principle that ‘Sanitation is everyone’s business’.

The Directorate of Panchayat will organize cleanliness drive on September 24, 2018 from 11.30 a.m onwards in the premises and vicinity of Junta House along with all other Departments located in Junta House for realizing the vision of Clean India and to make the campaign a great success.

The officers/officials/staffs of various Departments will be participating in the cleanliness drive/shramdaan activity on September 24, 2018 followed with Swatchta pledge to be administrated by Smt. R. Menaka IAS, Director of Municipal Administration.

The Directorate of Panchayat has appealed to all the Departments to actively participate in the said drive in order to make the SHS campaign a great success.

Panaji, September 21, 2018  …  “Girls are special. Nature has made them special,” said Dr (Smt) Mridula Sinha who was the Chief Guest at the concluding function of the ‘Girls in Aviation Day’ organized by the Women in Aviation International India Chapter and Lockheed Martin India, in Panaji recently. The Governor said, “A woman is blessed in a special way to nurture the family and contribute to society and the country.”

 “Today, the sky is the limit for women and women are going places,” said the Governor stressing that equal opportunities, to education, health etc, should be provided in society to all.

 Women in Aviation International (WAI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests.

Present on the occasion were President, Women in Aviation International India Chapter, Smt. Radha Bhatia, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin India, Phil Shaw and APD Goa Airport, Shri. B.C.H Negi.

Panaji ::: September 21, 2018 … The Regional Cyber Security workshop for West Zone was inaugurated by Dr. Kushal Pathak, Deputy Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, New Delhi today at ESG, Panaji.

The three day long workshop was organized by Chief Electoral Officer, Altinho Goa and was attended by Chief Information Security Officer, Officers from Election Commission of India and District Election Officers and Chief Electoral Officers and Officials officials from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Dadara Nagar Haveli, Madha Pradesh and Goa.

In his key note address, Dr Kushal Pathak, enlightened the various cyber threats for personal and official data by using and sharing social media, emails and internet. He said, keeping in mind the various incidents of data stealing and hacking of websites of several organizations around the world, this workshop will sensitize the election staff for safety of data and also create awareness about the new communication tactics.

He said personal data security is more important in this modern technical era, one can assesses manipulate or delete your data from any part of the world and therefore it is time to sense of urgency to learn all of us to understand and take precaution and measures for safety of our personal data.

Shri Kunal in his welcome address said that the Election data is more important and larger than the data of ‘Aadhar’. He said data contains lots of attributes which can affect privacy of citizen. He pointed that the Election Staff from DEO, CEO and ECI play a very important role in maintaining the data safe. Accumulation of data of eligible voters of the country is important for the Election Commission, but at the same time Shri Kunal stressed that the workshop will go long way to keep our own data safe.

We all are playing very important role for the safety of data.  The data is linked with the security of the country, so all of us have the enormous responsibility to protect it from hacking or theft,” Shri Kunal added. 

The IT experts, in various sessions, shared information on various topics and explained about cyber security. Dr. A. Nagarathna, National Law School of India University, Bangalore explained what is cyber crime, Provisions of Cyber Laws and its applicability on Election Process while Shri Surender Kumar Verma, Scientist B CERT explained current scenario of Cyber Attacks, Types of attack and the Legal Framework of Cyber Security in India.

Panaji, September 20, 2018 …. The Department of Women and Child Development will celebrate international Women’s Day  by facilitating eminent women, organizations and institutions with National award called “Nari Shakti Puruskars”.

 The award “Nari Shakti Puruskars” will consist of 40 Nari Shakti Puruskars and will be conferred each year from the year 2018 on March 8 on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD).  The award consists of a Certificate and cash award which will be given to eminent or outstanding Institutions or organizations and individuals.

 The Eligibility Criteria for Nomination are as follows -awards will be  open to all individuals and Institutions. In case of Individual category, the awardee must be at least 25 years of age on the last date of receipt of nomination.  If the applicant is an institution, it should have worked in the relevant field for at least 5 years. The applicant should not be a recipient of the same award earlier (including Stree   Shakti  Puraskars as were awarded by the Ministry) The Nari Shakti Puruskar may be awarded for outstanding work, preferably in exceptional circumstances, to individuals/groups/institutions /NGOs, etc.  in the areas of economic and social empowerment of women.

 The Nari Shakti Puruskar may be awarded to individuals/groups/NGOs institutions etc. who encouraged women to participate in decision making roles encourage women’s skill development in traditional and non – traditional    sectors, facilitated basic amenities for rural women, promoted women in non-traditional sectors like science and technology, sports, art, culture, etc.

The eligible eminent women, organizations and institutions may submit their applications in the prescribed downloaded format available on the website of the Ministry of Women and Child Development at http://www.wcd.nic.in complete in all respects along with enclosures in the office of the Directorate of Women & Child Development, Old Education Bldg., 2^nd Floor, 18^th June Road, Panaji on or before September 30, 2018.  Applications received after the last date will not be considered.

Panaji, September 19, 2018  … The Naval Coast Battery, Mormugao will carry out practice firing of 40/60 Anti Air Guns from Mormugao, Headland, Sada between 9.00 a.m to 12.00 p.m.  on    September  24, 2018 . The Danger Zone lies within an area bounded by 200^o  to 260^o  from Mormugao Headland Flag Staff position up to a distance of 10 Nautical miles to seaward and up to height of 6,100 mtrs.

            The shipping, harbor craft, other vessels and general public are therefore informed to keep a distance from the above area for safety purpose on above mentioned period.